John Powell

Mat Matters: Show Flair some respect

Posted by John Powell | Sep 23, 1999 | Opinion

For one day last week, Japan shut down. The stock market and businesses closed. People stayed home...

Foley new champ at SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Aug 23, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999, Summerslam PPVs

Mrs. Foley’s little boy has done it again and made us look oh, so bad in the process....

Hogan – Nash, an embarrassment at Road Wild

Posted by John Powell | Aug 15, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

When I was about 10 years-old I witnessed one of the worst matches I’ve ever seen. Former tag team partners – The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff – bumbled and stumbled their way through a surefire...

Papa Shango haunts The Godfather

Posted by John Powell | Jul 28, 1999 | Interviews

Papa Shango. Kama, the supreme fighting machine. Kama Mustaffa. Whew! World Wrestling Federation...

Fully Loaded recycles Raw material

Posted by John Powell | Jul 26, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

The World Wrestling Federation has fallen into a severe slump. Lacking any heel depth in their roster the federation has been compelled to renew old feuds and perpetuate a McMahon – Austin angle that’s...

Godfather eyes tag straps

Posted by John Powell | Jul 24, 1999 | Classics, Interviews

Is the world ready for a wrestling pimp and a porno star to be holding tag team gold? The...

Sid returns at the Bash

Posted by John Powell | Jun 14, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

Don’t look now but there’s another vacated locker at the ailing Extreme Championship...

Nash champ again at Slamboree

Posted by John Powell | May 10, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

World Championship Wrestling was on the right track. They were improving their ailing organization. “Was” and “were” being the operative words. Excluding a fleeting step in the right...